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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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